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"title": "Frame with Winged Bull of Saint Luke on the back",
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"inscription": "inscribed on the front of the frame: HANC IMAGINEM FECIT S. LUCAS EV. AD SIMILITUDINEM B. M. V.; inscribed on the back, directly below the winged bull: LUKAS.",
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"id": 206152,
"title": "Byzantium: Faith and Power (1261-1557)",
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"title": "Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art",
"description": "Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art. National Museum of Bavaria, Munich, Germany (May 10-September 16, 2007); J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA (October 30, 2007-January 20, 2008); Frist Art Museum, Nashville, TN (February 13-June 7, 2009).",
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"id": 196195,
"title": "Treasures of Heaven: Saints, Relics, and Devotion in Medieval Europe",
"description": "Treasures of Heaven: Saints, Relics, and Devotion in Medieval Europe. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 17, 2010-January 17, 2011); The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD (February 13-May 15, 2011); The British Museum, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (June 23-October 9, 2011).",
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"id": 232915,
"title": "Emperor Charles IV (1316-1378)",
"description": "Emperor Charles IV (1316-1378). National Gallery Prague, Prague, Czech Republic (organizer) (May 14-September 25, 2016); Germanisches Nationalmuseum, 90402 N\u00fcrnberg, Germany (October 20, 2016-March 5, 2017).",
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"description": "CMA, October 17, 2010 - January 17, 2011, Walters Art Museum February 13 - May 15, 2011, British Museum June 23 - October 9, 2011: \"Treasures of Heaven: Saints, Relics and Devotion in Medieval Europe.\"",
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"description": "The Metropolitan Museum of Art (3/15/2004 - 7/4/2004): \"Byzantium: Faith and Power (1261-1557)\"",
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"description": "Bavarian Nationalmuseum, Munich (5/10/2007 - 9/16/2007), the J. Paul Getty Musuem, Los Angeles (10/30/2007 - 1/20/2008) and Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN (2/13/2009 - 6/7/2009): \"Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art\"",
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"description": "National Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic (5/14/2016 - 9/25/2016) and the Germaniches Nationalmuseum, Nuremburg, Germany (10/20/2016 - 3/5/2017): \"Emperor Charles IV (1316-1378)\"",
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"description": "Treasury of Aachen until 1804; Empress Jos\u00e9phine of France; Eug\u00e8ne de Beauharnais; Daguerre, Paris.",
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"description": "This small-scale Byzantine icon depicts a half-length figure of the Virgin holding the Christ child. When the icon was mounted in its present frame by a German artist in the 14th century, it was considered to be an authentic portrait painted by Saint Luke. This claim, made in an inscription on the frame, is further emphasized by the ox, Saint Luke\u2019s symbol, engraved on the frame\u2019s reverse.",
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"citation": "The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.",
"page_number": "Reproduced: p. 40",
"url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n64"
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"citation": "The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.",
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"citation": "The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.",
"page_number": "Reproduced: p. 42",
"url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n62"
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"citation": "Winter, Patrick M. de. \u201cThe Sacral Treasure of the Guelphs.\u201d The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 72, no. 1 (March 1985): 2\u2013160.",
"page_number": "Mentioned and reproduced: p. 20, fig. 14",
"url": "http://www.jstor.org/stable/25159893"
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"citation": "Cleveland Museum of Art, and Holger A. Klein. Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007.",
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"citation": "Ciulisova\u0301, Ingrid. Charles of Luxembourg and His Gemstones. First edition. Prague: Academia, 2024.",
"page_number": "Mentioned: p. 119; reproduced: p. 121, fig. 14",
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